Images : AppStore Cydia. Because of this, and because of the way that Apple restricts what you can and can’t do on your iOS device, shortly after the first ever iPhone was released in 2007, the first jailbreak made its appearance. And, with that came Cydia, the app store for the jailbreak community.

Since iOS 7, app icons have been using the shape of a superellipse. Since Apple did not release an official template of the shape, you will have to use one of the unofficial templates out there that replicate the shape in more or less accurate ways.

Yes, that blaring red circle above the app store icon that tells you how many apps need to be updated. Apple actually let you disable badge notifications a long time back, even before iOS 6. But seeing as it is that we've not covered this simple little how-to...